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If you’ve ever driven through rural Northumberland and spotted Whittingham on a road sign, there’s a good chance you’ve said it wrong.

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Most passengers struggle to even pronounce it properly, but this tiny railway station near the Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu border has become famous because of long name.

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